Jodhpur

//ˈd͡ʒɒdpə(ɹ)// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Rajasthan, India.

    "They marched, jaw-bound against blowing sand, across the salt desert to Jodhpur, where Mahbub and his handsome nephew Habib Ullah did much trading; and then sorrowfully, in European clothes, which he was fast outgrowing, Kim went second-class to St Xavier’s."

  2. 2
    A district of Rajasthan, India.
Noun
  1. 1
    Attributive form of jodhpurs. attributive, form-of, uncountable

    "Lara explores one of the olive groves, dressed in an Hermès stretch-wool jodhpur jumpsuit and calfskin boots[…]"

  2. 2
    a short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side wordnet

Etymology

Named after Jodha of Mandore (1416–1489).

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